Welcome to VPFO Communications & Engagement

Everyone in the VPFO has a part in telling the story of how finance, facilities, and safety enable UBC’s teaching, learning and research.

Here you will find information, resources, and tools to do your part to strengthen your communications and achieve our business goals.

Plan

Plan your communications to focus your objectives, refine your messages and identify your audiences.

Produce

Take advantage of our resources to create outstanding communications that align with our vision and values.

Publish

Discover the channels at UBC to make sure your message is reaching the right audiences, in the right way, at the right time.

Learn

Explore what makes good communications, find resources to improve, and see where we’re at and where we’re going.

2024-27 VPFO Strategic Communications Plan

The VPFO’s strategic Communications Plan provides a moving 3-year planning window for Communications & Engagement across the VPFO, supporting the Vice-President Finance & Operations’ (VPFO) Strategic Plan, in alignment with the UBC Strategic Plan.

News & Announcements

  • VPFO all staff town hall: Strategic Plan 2022-24

    Peter Smailes, Vice-President Finance & Operations and the VPFO senior leadership team welcome you to a townhall. Together we’ll set our path to build a stronger team and better support for teaching, learning and research at UBC.

    Read more: VPFO all staff town hall: Strategic Plan 2022-24
  • Keeping it simple really works

    Sometimes you’ll find yourself dialoguing instead of talking, utilising instead of using, or leaning on one of the many other ways we all try to sound like we really know what we’re doing. But experience and research shows that while…

    Read more: Keeping it simple really works
  • Communications toolkit for Emergency Preparedness Week

    Emergency Preparedness Week is May 1-7, 2022. We all have a role to play in an emergency, and we want you to Get Informed, Get Prepared, and Take Action so you, your loved ones, and your community are better prepared…

    Read more: Communications toolkit for Emergency Preparedness Week